The McKinney Messenger. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1860 Page: 2 of 4
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Vfce Illscussluiijiii thu loth. |for thoTpurpose of reviving tbe old
The assemblage at the Court House! Wl,i* ***>diC" nDd, t," t ba llierefor«
last MamUy, to hear the discussion on™8' four vote8 of f«M for Gen'
the poliuoid questions of the day, l«- ¡h9"1 UoU6to"-
I ween Messrs. Epperson and Rainey, I „ ? M,r* 1N,0f|0D wa* Presenl. Cül-
was hlgljly respectable both in point of (disclaiming "ny desire to place
umnbSFs^ud intelligence. I,im ,u a fa,8e P™' '®" before the peo-
Tbe discussion was commenced by I'K 'nquiioü whether the r,.port was a
Mr. Epperson, «bo spoke for nearly ,eIJ,(i!outHlion of w,1Bt bo had
slaves, yet nothing a Deraooint, wa*[
^6 slavery question.'
Tbe Question' Reviewed.
As some of our Democratic friends
not sound
This lia ma.l fl clear as mud (and may , . . , .....
. , T .i . .. .. expiwi the opinlun that Mr. Epperson
be a. little cj W to that portion ot .„ ^ álie(>11 Jrtn Mrtlif1uw ¿Í,,. Mp
Ills anditorsjvbo Were inore tbnu wil
E ADVOCATE A UNION OK CONSERV-
ATIVE^, AND THE
OP SBC-
EOPLE'S TICKET
FOIt E L E C T O It 8.
¡STATE AT LA11G£
B, He EPPERSON,
OP RED RIVER,
G. W. PASCHAL,
OF TRAVIS.
EASTERN DISTRICT.
WILLIAM ST EDM AN,
OP ItUHK.
AND
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TO 0 AST TI1K
L
WESTERN DISTRICT.
JNO.II.IIOBSON,
OP COLORADO.
This Péopmj's Ticket is composed
óf two WuiUB and two DKMOOUATS,
the bilJKC'r ok its voitmatlon is
vote of tdk state for
TltK btkonokst candidates a o Al if ST
the kki'nnLICANS, provided IT w1li.
kj.kct. IP the vote of the state
Wll.l. not ki.ect, then IT 18 to 1ie 80
«ast as to,keep the name of. AuilA
iiam Lincoln'out of the house. If
this cannot ue done, then the mum
neus bv tub Peqpi.b'8.Ticket are tuj'¿
VOTE IN ACCOUDANCM WITH TIlEltt IN
divllh'ai. I'liEFlWENCE . T-IIE ACTUAL
KKSVU IN NOVHMIIEII OAS A I.OWE DK
TuuMi vk now rWfljia ti j!s k 1
llofl.D 11E CAsI^JbtTo, ^VUO LOVE
¡ÍHTfl lj'OÚN'f itV MORE TIIAN PABTV «AL-
LY. TO THE SUPPORT OF TUE 1'JCOI'LR'N
Ticket.
two bourn in h'm usual animated and
very able rfnd enteitaiuing manner.—
lie laid down and wo think fully es-
tablished three propositions: 1st. That
we are - IvIrouuJ by danger. 2ud.
That this «¡tugar has been produced
by tbe agUatiro of the slavery question.
3rd. That it is the duty of all patriots
to unjie, and puiHue that course which
will tend l.o restore harmony and pre-
jsetVe jhé country. These «re substan
iíattllhi
ftp;
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tU Jt<
Ins had boon coi
of popular «ovare
trine was uont
brnska bill; that it bad been time and
again endorsed by prominent members
of the Democratic party ; he instanced,
among others',' Mr. Dickinson and Mr.
Biockinridge, and cited their owu dec
titrations in proof of tlic fact, lie
dwelt at some length upon the very
suddcu and somewhat wonderful con■
version of Mr. Breckinridge; «Lowed
Mid. Mr. Norton thereupon oame for-
ward and very blandly assured tbe
Col. that it wns not, and announced to
the audience that if they would honor
him with their attendance at night, he
would embrace the opportunity to tell
them what be did say on the occasion
in question.
Mr. Kiduey, although thus taken
aback, as tbe sailors term it, wns
not to be convinced against his will,
.positions presented. Our "nJ PetM in beli«vin« lbnt tbe
admit the argu-iUuion inoven,e,,t w Doth,n8 an
supported. 10 ruvive ,be oId Wbiff R8r,i'-
Umou an .empty sound, meaniug noth
ing, and yet paradoxical as ¡.tinny ap
pear, he assured us that idl)>nrt1$r are
iu favor of it, and that tbe pptiple even
desired to know what this "empty
sound meaning nothing" meant; bow
it was to be construed, &<!.
One of his hearers thought, nnd
doubtless most of tbem, that the Su-
preme Court will baldly make as sig
nal a failure in construing the Consti-
tution as Col. Rainey and his brother
gnt in the advocaoy
Aly ; that the doc
I iu the Kansas Ne-
, .'Democrats have made in construing
that jealousy and aoi a change of , . ... , °
... . .. the Cincinnati platform. But to re-
views, was the reason for deserting Mr. v
Douglas, which he illustrated by the
well known f-tory of Joseph and his
brethren, The leaders afraid that their
sfieHvos would havo to bow to his,
conspired to destroy Mr. Douglas, nnd
agreed to tell the people that some evil
beast, (Squatter Sovereignty,) bad don«
it. llu showed up the designs of the
disunionists, and the various pretexts
to wbiuh from time to time they had
resorted for the purpose of destroying
the government. The pretext now U
Congressional intervention to protcct
slavery in the territories—a mere ab-
straction.. By it, however, they had
succeeded in dividing the Democratic
party, nnd doubtless they think any-
thing thst would do that must bo suffi-
liieiit to break up the Union. It may
platfor
sume.
The Col. dwelt long and eloquently
upon incediaries, vigilauce committees,
nnd iu fact went over the whole cata
logue of horrors. He represented
our people as trembling with appro
i'liension everywhere; and nil this the
effect of Black Republican teaching
lie wished to know whether tbe States
wore to remain together as equals;
iusisted that we must lutve equality;
that a Connecticut man can go into
the territories with his wooden nut-
megs, and that the «quality of South
crn men is not recognized unless they
are allowed to do tbe same thing with
their slaves.
The inference was that a Connec-
ticut man must have no privileges
which are denied to n Southern man.
Hug to bojflfc'P by the exhibition
before their filled vision, of a copy
of Harpers'^Jli'strnted Weekly, con-
taining the pictures of a number of
noted Black.Republicans, and among
then) one of which purported to be
the p&fcreo ' John Bell, of Tennessee.
We think Veiy sensible man pres-
ent was diffused with the* shallow
triil-, and ifr> Rainey ought to feel
ashamed ofR. Experience will soon
teach hinifV bas u°t done so al-
ready, thaT^be people of Northern
Texas are ¿J* 80 idiotic as to be caught
with inch
II« a M 5 to the circumstance that
Mr. Bell,*]®0 'n Congress, conceded
to same constitutional
inftba District of
* the States Lave in
active-jurisdictions ; and
eulous assertion that that
squaÚer sovereignty. Truly he
t hare thought he was among tbe
tdV
advertise
: Wanted.
..✓"""A Journeyman Printer, of stead
habits, can secure n permanent situa-
tion at this,oflieo by making immediate
\ application.
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Ri'nawav Nutmo.—See
nient of John A. Shaw, of Kaufman
county.
\ ■ >Un I «
jtarSee citation from the District
court of Kaufman io A. S. & It. M. Cox.
jt-iTlicail the notice of the directo-
ry in reference to postponement of
Collin Count v Pair.
c--
/ I.ast week wo hiul the pleasure take the old "fogy. Thoughjiiuch pre
of welcoming to our sanctum for tbe
first linns our esteemed oolempornry,
Gen, A. B. Norton, of the Austin In
telligenoer. Wo were most happy to
form his ncquaiulnnce, and to tcu liiin
iu the enjoyment of such excellent
health and spirits. lie loft town last
Tuesday for home, carrying willr tlie
best wishes of a host of warm friends
mado during bis short sojourn iu our
s. midst.
Will Their Answer f
—o—
It now seems to be settled that Mr.
Breckinridge will tako tho stump in
entucky. Among the questions
Jrk'h he will ha, compelled to answer
by tho Union meti of thai gallant S'ate
are the following:
furnish another pretext u.it be,election, Jn ti0|inect|0U whh u,if> Ul(J lution of
of a Bb,J Republican.. Mr. Kpper.on, ^^ imim of wh JmiKi b(ji|v tc,
spoke of™ie result. >vh,ch would at-, J* (U n¿nA „f ktl.¿f
W i '*•
!*; but
satisfied
iv'fll V^ll' ]
were
pen. It
tionaliwn
, u r, ... ., ■to arouse tho prejudices of Southern
¡lei. ion c. fo.- 'Jüíí1^iicnIiJi.' i.ile'-governilfent, he was
an nnprobrtbje evs®t to hap 9
ould be triumph of sue-
nd but prolong the struggle
bet wet n .l1ie North and the Sou 1', On
the other hand, tho success of Mr. Bell
would bo a triumph of nationalism,
and would lead to tho abandonment oft
sectional issues and sectional parties,
lío spoke in llatteiing terms of tbe
honesty, pntiiotisin rt'id fidelity to tho
Constitution, of John Bell. The fact
thnt he is the owner of several hundred
slaves, and thus identified with the
institution by tho strongest of all tics,
thnt of self interest, was such evidence
of Roundness us must satisfy nil but the
wilfully blind, or tho deplorably igno-
rant. IIU opponents had delighted in
calling him an old fogy, and yol it had
token these fuH men six years to over-
oareful iiyt to explain that perfeot
equality in the particular under con-
sideration enn never be hoped for,
t h e i r
made the
w M
must
veriest ignoramuses iu Christendom.—
He declated, in tbe most positive
terms,, that if Congress has such pow-
er in tbe ^¡strict of Columbia, it has
it in the Territories. lie did not have
the m!m||¡j^g to full the people that
Mr. Bell opposed the exercise of the
power when Congress abolished tbe
slave trade yi the District of Columbia;
nor that favorite, Mr. Dickinson,
as also Me«rs. Cass, Bright, and other
shining Democratic lights, favored its
exeroiat, alvd actually voted for the
abolition the slave trade; oh no I
that would i have beeu to cQ|Mde that
Mr. Bell is more .sound IhanTLey; nor
did be hare tbe fairness to read the
following (lause of the Constitution,
which wou?d have convicted him of
an atteinptito humbug tbe people :
• SEC.lT'flT. "The Congress shall
have power lo exercise exclusive legisla-
tion in all itwes whatsoever, over such
d ¡strict,(urjCexceedi ng ten miles square,)
as may, byiuession of particular State ,
and the (ÚPceptanoe of Congress, be-
come the seat of the government of
the Unit^i.l¡^j.ates," Ac.
A considerable portiou of his speech
was devQttfl to proving that the liisli-
ery is beneficial, especial-
man, mid that he, of all
^ ?ntoasted in ii;tni"LT
people of tiiii'section are
the institution, and not
f
at all ignorant of itn beuelits, we shall
not follow liim iu his remarks ou this
in bis discussion last Monday with Mr.
Rainey, failed to satisfy tbem that
Squatter, or Popular Sovereignty, as
Mr. Douglas terms it, is not inconsist-
ent with the terms of the Kansas-
Nebraska Bill, we shall briefly exam-
ine tbe question, re stating tbe princi-
pal arguments used by those gentlemen
in support of their respective positions,
bat not limiting ourself entirely to
them. It will bo remembered that
Mr. liaiuey cited .rom Sec. 14 of the
Bill, the following clause, which he
informed the audience was tbe one
mainly relied upon by those who hold
the opiuiou which be was seeking to
controvert:
"It being the true intent and mean
ing of this act not to legislate slavery
into any tferiitory Or State; nor to ex-
cise it ttlierefioiM, but tol le * the
people thereof perfectly ft to form
and regulate their domestio institutions
in their own way, subject only to the
Constitution of the United States."
He also read from Section 1, tbe
following:
"And when admitted as a State or
States, the said territory or any por-
tion of the same, shall be received in
to tbe Union with or without slavery,
as their Constitution may prescribe at
tbe time of their admission.''
Mr. Rainev asserted that these por-
tions of the Bill are tbe ouly ones
which have any bearing whatever on
the question at issue, and pledged him
self to yield tbe argument if any oth-
er could be pointed out. He contend-
ed that b e o a u s e under tbe Died
Scott decision the Constitution recog-
nizes slaves as property, aud because,
by the saine decision, every citizen
has a right to take with him into tbe
territories of the United States and
have pcoteuled there any article of
property which the Constitution recog-
nizes as such, and because the bill
subjects the action of the people in
forming and regulating their domestic
institutions to the Constitution; there-
act not to legiidittd slavery into any
teirltory or Stale, nor to exclude it
therefrom. But should it go into a
territory, why not agree lo protect it?
Because, continues tbe response, our
intontiou is to leave the people of the
territory perfectly free to FORM and
regulate their domestio institutions in
their own way, subj ect only to tho
Constitution of tho United States.
But the argument is not yet ex-
Firxt District, Hon. B. II. Epperson, of
Red River; and that we recommend lo
the Uni.in Phity of tho Western Dis-
trict tlutt they appoint (if they have
not hIicatty donoso) Electora for said
District.
After reading and adopting the'
above Resolutions, Judge J. L. liallin-
gur. of Lamar (late of ICy.) being
called for, came upon lha stand, and-
entertained the audience in au argu-
mentative, forcible and eloquent
spoech. Mr. Townes, of Paris, and'
hausted. In connection with this ¡Mr. Woollen, of Claiksville, also ad-
whole ftityent, it is well to remember ,lm ">wtlog hi « sliest
t alTMuhi'n innnnni'.* fJintw * hairuy lhAti
that the Kausaa Nebraska Bill was
passed May 22, 1854, and that the
Dred Scott decision was not made un-
til December, 1856, more than two
years after the passage of the bill.—
The bill does not intimate that the
Missouri Compromise wns uuoonstitu
tional. Tho reason assigned for its
repeal wns its inconsistency with the
principle of nonintervention establish-
ed^)- the UjeislttUon of 1841). And
hero we wtWtntroduce anotlie/clause
of Sec. 14, which Mr. Rainey seems to
havo forgotten to read. It is this:
"And bo it further enacted" Ac.,
"That the Constitution, and all laws of
the United States, which are not lo
cally inapplicable, shall have the same
force and eflect within said territory
arjelsewhere within tbe United States,
except the eighth Section of the act
preparatory to the admission of Mis-
souri into tho Union, approved March
sixth, eighteen hundred aud twenty,
which being inconsistent with the
principle of NON INTERVENTION
oír Congress with slaveiiv in the
STATES AND TERRITORIES, as
recognized by the legislation of eigh-
teen hundred and filly, commonly call-
ed the Compromise Measures, is here-
by declared inoperative and void."
This oluitse incoiitrovertibly estab
lishes the fact that Congress iuteuded
to make, and did make, as complete a
surrender of the question of slavery
to the people of the territories as to
the people of the States. Whether
the surrender was constitutionally
made or not, it a different question.
It may be argued that the clause in
ell'ectivO manner; Dinner being then
announced, the audience repaired, in
good order, to a most beautiful grove,
iu which a sumptuous repast had beet*
prepared, to which ample justice was
done. After dinner the audience re
assembled at thu staud, and Hon.
H. Epperson, being introduced, enter-
tained '.he assembly in his own happy
and pleasant stylo. We should lu.
glad to givo you a synopsis of hi
speech, but cannot do so now. Last,,
though not least, Hon. Robert Taylor,
ctim¿|oDYRid,.ttnd gayi itstvj(9.oHÍi ¿
best 'speeches—replete with interest,,
good humor, eloquence midargument.
Much enthusiasm prevailed—good
order throughout. Before adjourning^
a vote of thanks wns awarded to the.
speakers, and also to the ladies, tor
their attendance.
On motion, it w#s resolved that these-
proceedings be piildi>lied in the Mo-
Kinney Messenger, wm.Ii a request thnt
all the Union papers copy.
J. A. RUTHERFORD, President,
li. M. Rudolph aud Daniel Up-
tiieorave, Secretaries,
Union Demonstration in "New Y«¡k.
We extract the following from an
aitiole in the New Yo'k Herald of the
24th inst :
It is now generally acknowledged
that, since the Southern elections and
the consequent reaction of public opin-
ion at the North, the Presidential can-
vass has bepun to wear quite a different
aspect. A month or six weeks since
i he election of Lincoln was conceded as
a fact accomplished i.v the shrewdest,
judges iu all parties; li'it now it really
appears as if t?ie cunservntive element,
of the Einpi e Stain has been arciiM-d
from its torpor, and is prepared' r<>
Section 1, whiuh provides that "ihe throw its vole solid a-uinsi the Bla
said territory,1 or any portion of the'^R^'bUcan cmidkbue
becnuso thn Connecticut man is, and subject.
ever has been, and will ever be, per-
mitted to take articles ol his manu-
faolure into New Yolk, Pennsylvania,
or any other free State, where negro
lie endeavored to res lie Mr. Dick
inson and Sir. Breckinridge from the
mire of Squatter Sovereignty, but the
etl'oit was attended with poor success,
fet ing Mr. Bell, Mr. Epperson expressed
a nerfeot willingness, if chosen elector,, , . .
1 , ,i i, told us that protection to persons aud
any nmu whom the result '
, .... I property is ihe foundation Btono on
lonstrn'e to be availabiei1 . ' \ , , ., .
, ,, „ ,. .. . which the Union rests; aud that mu-
«olí). Mr. Breckinridge is . . .
,, V tual protection is the object of the
e. He enn enrrv no Nor- 1 , ■"
a government whore his porson nnd
property are not protected ? (Why
dou't Mr. Rainey and his friends get
out of it, if they dou't like it ?) lie
I
to vote for any man whom the result
might demount
against Line
not availably,
thorn Slnte. Tho whole South cannot
elnct him, were ¡L possible for him to
carry it. That he cannot carry the
South has been made clearly apparent
by the recent elections in Kentucky,
North Carolina, Aikansns nnd Missouri.
In nearly every Southern Slale there is
a Douglas as well as a Breckinridge
ticket, and, in many, Mr. Douglas'
friends nróqtli te "formidable, nnd are
continually receiving accession* io theii
strength, '-hirihís 'divided condition monning nothing; that nearly
what room is there for tho friends olV'" lbú Breckinridge Demooinls
• • •% i t. • ... i .i< '.tnivi'nsa liml nil fi I'Ml'Pht. ÍMU'KHl
slaves can net be taken, either by a inasmuch asjt gave Mr. Epperson, in
Southern ora Northern man. And i bis rejoiuden an opportunity to pile the
yet ihe Constitution extends over the! pioof a little higher on poor Breck,
free, as well as the slave Slates and «"d to fasten him so tight that Col.
territories. I Rainey abandoned him to his fate.
In view of the facts alluded to, Mr.| Mr. Epperson's rejoinder was brief
Rainey wished to know if our equality! but pointed, lío closed with an olo
is recognized. Are we protected, he'l«ent appeal for a union of conserva
exclaimed, in person and property ?—
Is there a nmu here willing to livd in
>p«
fore the doctrine in question is not ^shall b^ebeE into tlio Uobm LÍS,!7 'fc
contained iu the bill, This was cer-j ¡,. mi.L/i.t «laun™ « th«ir Don t.euí ",' -U^las-Be I lu ket i«-
i with or wituqit slaveiy, as ttieir Con- ceives new supporters every hour. What
laiuly a very mgeuious evasion of the st¡lut¡on rnny./>i'esuribe at the time of the conservative movement needs now
q u e s t i o n at issue, which was not ^ was jnte,u|títl t0 for- is « general demonstration by « hich its
wheilier tho Supreme Court, in the l¡d , .<lition tertitoiy ii¡;M^'t nco mav be mad known
Died Scott decision, sustains the posi. ¡ „ ftf ...v .ihrottghoiit ib Ü Hon, to sirongthei.
. | ... n on tbn PiibjéclíOF sUueiy prioi to lmndA ol -•!*! laiihlul; to leas^uV
lion taken by that portion or the Deiii- j¡me o(. jíut t)lie8 jt ¿Hy¡ hedoublera, and to win new .recruits
owratui .party who agree with^ Mr.> otnei1 It '"f man-^- *hím- '•. «« "H I hii"
Dougfas\ |lia, Wb ii,.. tl.eir posilion is ag)0ement t;J(J pHrt of Congress ers that noble motto—"llie Union,
sustained, or at least uol controverted,i lhflt wh#|| tll^im,ll0Hte State applies
by ihe Kansas Bill itself. Ti ue, that I j-0|. ai] |Ui„s|0|> into the Union, Con- „,1U uuo «... ...
Bill pro\idi.'s that the action ot lhei^r(J¡)g n0{, ohjeot to its admission jmeroial ii.etropolis of the Union
people of the territories iu^ forming HÍthyr cin i|la gi0llnd that
and regulating their doinesiic institu- ^ |(,(¡on tol urates or prohibits
lions shall be subject to the Constitu-I Wo dufy tho in|f0f.llity of nml, tu give
the Constitution, and llm Enf'"oennMit.
of the Laws." It is time that the good
'and true men in this city—ihe iwhiij
at its Consti- came togeiher and discussed the poli -
.IU slavery.— <oal queiiHon- of th« d-y f-.m i h'g;.
" . and dignified stnudpoiul. Mew lork
Lion o*' (he United Stales. But this1
provision does not make it so. Their
it any other construction.
action is subject to the Constitution M' " Meeting at Iloney (jrovc-Elec
without the intervention of the Bill. AppoluteU Ibr the Eastern District
formation of every government.—
Foreigners, ho said, after naturaliza-
tion, are protected everywhere by gov-
ernment ; not so however with those to
the maq|k)r born.
Strange as it may appear, Mr. Rain-
ey, in the course of his almost inter-
minable diatribe about right , wholly
neglected to inform his hearers that
his remarks had no present applica-
tion that they were only "empty
in
i, i .„l«,.ih. toil, i^ri^iMr.nrofkinrAlgo lo hopo thnt ho will Coiigross hnd, on a recent occasion,
Does ho subset ibe to tho d« cl,l,,el g , , ,j , voted that there wns no present neces-
that a Slate can at pleasure secede Irom il tno south . Anu yet mo. c men, ., .
llio Uuion ? | who cannot save themselves, havo no ,sl,y lor congressional legislation to
Does he bnlievo that the election of
Mr. Lincoln will be just cause for a
dissolution of the Union ?
Would ho deein the neglect ol Con
lives; nnd when he sat down Col. Rai-
ney again topk the stand, aiuid deafen-
ing cries fot Norton. But the Col.
insisted on being heard. His lematks
were mainly confiued to an effort to
explain away tho results of the receut
elections iu Kentucky, Missouri, Ar-
kansas, etc. When he had concluded,
Ucn. Norton was again called upon to
address the^&óple., all of w! om mani-
fested the most iulense eagerness to
hear a speech from the Mau of Beard,
lie took the stand and delivered one
of the most effective speeches it has
been our good fortune to listen to in
many a day. It was brimful of elo-
quence, wit, sarcasm and brilliant rep-
artee. (He was frequently interrupted
by his good looking friend Col. Rainey,
nwl ii«t l>ticn r>|ionlt
ing longer ;Mn five minutes until the
eager crowd4 wore getting upou the
beuches, pressing toward him in every
possible direotion, and filling the nir
with their rnpfuroui shouts of applause.
Such a sceu0""imd such a treat are of
Aud most unfortunately for Mr. liaiu-
ey, the Bill declares that this action 9Í
tiio people shall be subject only to the
Constitution; that is, to the Consti-
tution alone ; thus taking the matter
entirely out of the hands of Congress,
and plaeiug it in the hands of the
people, and of the courts aud execu-
livo ofilcerji of the country, to the
complete overthrow of the favorite
doctrine of Congressional protection,
in so far as that doctrine is supposed
to be countenanced by the Kansas
Nebiaska Bill, and the Cincinnati
Mr. Editor:
On the 8th inst., a very
conoourse of the frhnds of the
Union, assembled at Iloney Giove,
Fannin county, Texas. The audieneeitinct from miy polit'loht
repaired toa beautiful grove,of timber soever, lliis m e'ing
in which seats and a stand had already
been prepared. The meeting was or-
ganized by calling Judge J. A. Ruth-
erford lo the Chair, and appointing R.
M. Rudolph and D. Upt beg rave Sec-
retares. The following gentlemen,
viz: Orville Smith, D. M. Hooker, and
is to be tho battle ground, and here tho
plans of llm campa nil musí be airai
ged.
Under ih^o r""i'i'nmct"nees nr<
glad lo be nl'lc lo iiMti 'lillco Ih it a
movement has nlrendy been commen-
ced lol' a gr ;n.l m.'i'ting ol ill- | j o
lien is of Abraham Liucolu, lo be neU
in this eily during n \t month, nnd ti
be, we hope, enti e'y separata «nd d.'i-
cli jll-s «lint-
sh-'uld lie a
genuine ileiiionsiratiou of public feel-
ing—a proola'iñfíTtTon to ihe whole
country from a city wliieb, from i!«
cosmopolitan cnaia 'ter, gieat Weahli
and iininen«t
immenso in '
P' pubi'i'in. wie'ds
dCuCJ UV.
U.u ¿«..airs
an
of
the nation. That at len=t two thirds of
the legal voters in this ci'y and vici'i-
ity are opposed lo Liucolu iLtie c.iik
Silas Smith, having been previously be no doubt. New York is sound for
platform which, in reference to this!appointed to draft Resolutions, sub-¡the Union and lh.< Consuluiloa. Th
mitted the following, which were! '"etropoHs is.prepared to rebuke see-,
. , . , Itionalism and faiialn lain,.' o-inwfer Hi
unanimously adopted: wbat piU.t of the COUMU.y 't(lBy „.)paar.
Whereas the present divided anct'Qur mHterial interests—leaving out c?
particular subject, are identical.
Bui regain: Mr. Rainey did not read
all of Section 14, which is pertinent
to the question. We cite the passage
distracted condition of political parties ¡the question love of country, social ties
which he cave, with the addition in,and the country calls for most anxious|old friendship, andI thei thousand and
¡.Jconsideration as to. what course they'one lltt,,, tbrt,D8 wb,üh b,ncl ll,e.bel,ns
italics, of the very important proviso
connected with it, which was read by
Mr. Eppersou iu reply:
"It being the true intent and mean-
ing of this act not to legisla *, slavery
inio any ten itory or State, nor to ex
of neighbors one to another—demand
will pursue in the approaching con-|,hnt ^,ery ll)Rn B|lR|| d0 his utmost
test for the Presidency and Vice Pres-'to defeat the party wliioh soeks to cre-
idenoy of the United Slates, therefore
bo it u. .
Resolved 1st., That we hail with
elude it therefrom, but to leave tho profound ptcirfiíftrtlie organization fif
people thereof perfectly fiee to form11|,0 NHtional Union PaHy."
Resolved 2nd, That we cordially
and regulate their domestic institu-
tions in their own way, subject only
to ihe Constitution of the United
State?: Provided that nothii'fl herein
rndoise the nomination of John Bell
and Edward Everett, by tho Baltimore
Convention, as candidates for Presi-
contained shall be construed to reviveIdent and Vice I'rosid. nt of the Uui-
are occurrence. Space would fail us Pnf "J f0,'ce "n'J 0I' regulation tud States.
hesitancy in proclaiming to tho people,, protect tho lights of Southern men in were we lo attempt to tell even a inoielv referring as
.. L . . j ....ii ^. !.. ii.v.. «!... l.^l 1 ..f • t 1 i'.! ii.. /-i i . • i* nnil SnnttiHit
all admit to old French
gríís to provide by adequate legislation
for the protection of slavery in the ter-
1 . .. ill . ■ m I I. . M /] m I, tt I ., 1, I
lunnliness to answer it. If Mr. Breck
inridge pledges himself to tho people
" We can savo you." ,bu territories; iu fine that he bad
Mr. Rainey was much intorestedlbeen «íorely conjuring up a phantom
and amused by the speech of the gen-!to fiighten them to tho support of the
tletnnn. He wns unablo to identify |Southern constilutionnl candidates,
i,tories,"a suflicicnt causo for disunion I him, as he had discovered no marks Breckinridge and Lane.
And now we havo n question for a or brand . 1I« wns dcsiious to know j Ho read extrnols from Webster, Fill-
certain class of his supporters in ill's what was his platform and what were moro, Bell and Houston, lo show I li at i |"
Stnte, nnd wo hope they will havo the his principles. they were as much disunionists nsithnenti'*
lie thought i he real object of tho op- himself. Theso men,
position was lo revivify and gnlvanir.e poyite
rtin
of the good tilings the General said"; nUl1 Spanish laws] which may have
so we shan't IÜI any. To those oí our rxhkd prior to the sixth of March,
• • I 1 A. .«Ik ft tit* /# ,!«!./ « UJf 4 iflfl ti Í II i) 1 I . 1 ii II
WD(
citizens who were not prcseut, we can I'ffl'Awe hundred and twenty, eltaer
only say, from our heart we pity you. protecting, establishing, prohibiting or
, «., abolishing slavery."
Compromise, was Congress unwilling
Another fuel lor the People.
—0 —
la 1S30 Mr. lMl in the ciairso of a speech
in thu Sciiule,— (lave expression to the follotvi. , ,, . , .,
institatlonul nnd coiiseivutive sen-l IeHVe tl,ü lurnlo,y m l oclsely tho
condition it was iu before the passage
however, ouly! I would not tiara tlie South trucklo or stir-! of that restriction I Why this tin
render imv et their rights. I would not Iiuvot
Resolved 3rd, That the acknowl-
edged statesmanship and experience of
Joliu Bell, of Teunessee, and Edward
Everett, of Massachusetts, emiuently
qualify tbein for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency of the Uuiied Stales,
Now, why, in repealing the Missouri í¡,,,tl that in their election we believe
pomted out thu dangerous reefs ahead,' thorn yield one jot or titilo ui" their rights¡' willingness to havo revived or put in
Irt mimosa of wiirnimr ilia mmnln '"ll ' woiiU'have llieni imike no qiieslloitnblol
ie pulposo oi winning tno people «dvimce, stir ni no gtrlfc upoti nn-i
for
n"19 • i
"es'ioiaiblo for(.e nny law establishing, prohibiting
of Kentucky thai in the event of Mr. over,; paules dead for yenri. To show ..,
Lincoln's election, ho will quietly : thoi e was somo giound fortius belief, of comitft danger, and did not, as ma- neceswrv, abstract questions hnviiig; n'o prnc-'or abolishing slavery?
.,, ... .1. . , . . . ... , , tioal vulue, I at tudo iilwuvs what is just and: ° ' .
quiesce, will you continue to support |,0 road what purported to be an ex- ny of ti Stntes Rights party are do- right upon nil qtwiions. When npooplo or cause Congress, disgusted with the
Was it not bo-
w ^ € f ijionpiL w
liim? We hope tho Stale Gazette, the \ mot from a speech delivered by Geu. iug, cndoavoi to Cling tho general j ^¡Hy'tiS wlih^p' ioiwmlnablo agilAtion, was about to
Galveston News, the Houston Tole-1 A, B. Norton befóte the Baltimore government into lidicule and con- "f V1 l'n'V'e, exóludinjr slarory, I yield up the question wholly to the
. i i \.s , . ii'., . , r... wmud uilinit it nr mntly; and when nn npiiit-;* .1 ... .
graph aud tno J y I or lieponcr, will'union Convention, 1 lie extract was, tempt. c.ition oomof, on the other hund, fromthe, tcrntoriff* / lUi1 we are not lurt to
nnderstniid this inquiry is addressed credited lo tho S:n!o Gazette, and
especially to them. Will they answer represented Mr. Noitou us saying,
it? among o'her ihings, thnt ho wrs there though tie owner of
I Mr. liainey made a feeldo attack;'conjeture. Tl
,'upon Bell "nod Everett. Mr, Bull, al-('/.« ihtniwui I <;* ,1 nl.t.Y st.itr. 11" I lie j$ given. Beol
' . , , -ii, .'North shoul'i not ii^ree to this, it would be . ,
hundreds td time euougii to co, dor the remedy.
Tho answer
causo, is tho response
is the true iuteui and manning
that our country will be elevated to a
high degree of piosperity and hartno-
ny, which is the sincere desire of eve-
ry tiue patriot,
Resolved 4th, That wo invite our
fellow citizens of all parlies to unite
with us iu the cause of our country
in tho elevation of John Bell and Ed-
ward Everett to tho Presidency and
Vice Presidency of the United Slates,
ate dissension between tbe North and
the South, nnd to carry out a líftet !
policy which mnst eventual in disufr
ion, auarchy aud civil war.
Pbooekdikqs or tiik UossTiTurio.s-
ai. Union Cluo.—At a meeting of tho
"Constitutional Uuion Clitb," hold on
tbe Slat ult., iu this place, the following
resolution was unanimously ndoptodr
Wkkiikas, It is desirable at an early
day to agreo upon an electoral ticket,
to be supported iu tho approaching
Presideulal election by nil National, I
Conservative, Uuion loving men ml
ihe State ofTexas, opposed on the onoi
hand to Sowardism and Abolitionism,|
on tho other to Yanceyism and Di*un-|
ion, therefore.
Jietolved, Thnt slii nld either of i
old lino Dcinoisrals, whoso names have
been suggested as candidatos for e)eo<|
tors ou the Union ticket, decline that!
Cisitiou, tho Ualveaton Conslilulioiiiij
nton Club lender to tho ocnsorvalivt
mon of the State, the name of ColJ
Ephraim McLean, a woll known Uniotl
on the platform ot the Union, the Democrat of this citv, to be supported
Constitution, and the enforcement of ,,s «a oleotor, and that publication ol
v*- this resolution be made iu the el 11
on the platform of tho Union, th
Constituí'
the laws.
iiwv luii iu Jicsolved 5\\\, That we heartily In 'pauers.
of Congress i (]0,.,0 t,,9 following Electoral Ticket j A.C.CRAWFORD, President,
- —in*e, it j for the Eastern district: for the Stale Geo. A. Peck, Secretan/.
of this at large, Hou. Win. S ted man, of Rusk;1 [Galveston Civilian
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